Two weeks ago Solidea and I went to Copan Ruinas for a weekend where we met up with some of her friends. What this really means is we traveled for two days and spent one in Copan Ruinas. It was quite the experience. We had planned on a 7 hour trip, roughly, but here is what happened.
8:30 - we leave with Don Paulo, the driver for the school, and he takes us to the bus terminal.
9:00 - we find our bus and get on. Bus leaves shortly after we get on.
10:30 or so - we are in some small village, same bus we started with, bus breaks down. We wait for another bus to come and take us the rest of the way
11:00 - next bus comes. Already full of people. Really, full. No problem, we smoosh in. I´m the last person to get on which initially ment I was partially hanging out the door of the bus. (really, the bus was very full). But with a little pushing and people moving bags around, they managed to close the door behind me. During this leg of the trip I even managed to sit down!
Time - unsure - arrived at the border town Took a taxi (little 3 wheel open cab affair) to the border and entered Honduras.
1:00? - took mini bus to another city
1:20? - Arrived at other city. Purchased ticket for bus leaving at 2:30. Wandered around. Solidea unexpectantly ran into a friend. I tried - unsuccessfully - to get money out of an ATM.
2:40ish - bus departs
6:30 - bus arrives at city. Late. We missed the last bus to Copan Ruinas.
6:40 - get in taxi.
6:45 - get in another taxi that the driver says is nicer (the car is newer) and is driven by his son.
8:00 - arrive in Copan Ruinas
In case you were counting, that was 8 different vehicles to get to Copan Ruinas and was much longer than 7 hours! Still, a good time, a good adventure. The trip back was just as long, but fewer vehicles.
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Well where are the pictures of the ruins? Why did you go there? What is there to see? Where are the pictures of the wacky rides. Katherine's (my roommate) friend that lives in San Salvador is here visiting right now and he was telling us about the crazy buses and cars that abound. I want to see pictures please.
Yes, I am slacking on the pictures. We did, in fact, go to see the Mayan ruins there. I have pictures. I will sort them and load them. Just not today. We have a big dinner to prepare for today, so I will be helping out (and then eating) that. :)
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